The Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) hospital at Alwal has become the centre of a fresh political dispute over delays in Hyderabad’s public healthcare infrastructure, with BRS leader Manne Krishank alleging that construction advanced by only five per cent in nearly two years.
Krishank made the allegation after visiting the hospital with BRS leaders from the Cantonment area. He questioned the Telangana government’s handling of the project and compared earlier and more recent official statements on its construction progress.
According to the account reported by Telangana Today, Roads and Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and Special Secretary Vikas Raj said during a visit in January 2025 that 90 per cent of the work had been completed. They had also announced that the facility would become fully operational by August 31, 2025, Krishank said.
Krishank pointed to a subsequent statement by Health Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha during a visit on November 10, 2026. The minister reportedly said that 95 per cent of the work had been completed and that the hospital would be made available to the public soon.
The BRS leader argued that the two progress figures indicated an increase of only five percentage points between the two visits. He used the comparison to question the government’s commitment to public healthcare and the pace at which the Alwal facility is being brought into service. The figures and the interpretation were presented as allegations by Krishank in the report; the supplied material does not include an independent construction audit or a response from the Telangana government.
Krishank also questioned Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s priorities, alleging that the government was not showing the same concern for government hospitals as for a corporate hospital owned by members of his family. The report does not provide a response from the Chief Minister or the government to that allegation.
The dispute comes amid wider concerns raised by the BRS leader about the status of public hospital projects in Telangana. He cited delays in making TIMS Sanathnagar fully operational and the postponement of the Warangal super-speciality hospital project. The supplied report does not specify the revised schedules, construction milestones or reasons for the delays at those facilities.
The Alwal hospital is part of Hyderabad’s public healthcare infrastructure, making its construction timeline relevant to residents in the northern parts of the city and surrounding areas. However, the report does not provide the hospital’s sanctioned cost, planned bed capacity, construction agency, outstanding works or an operational date confirmed through a government notification.
The latest reported government position is that 95 per cent of work at TIMS-Alwal has been completed and that the hospital will be made available to the public soon. No specific commissioning date or details of the remaining work were provided in the supplied material.
